Currently the city's Public Advocate, <a href="http://www.billdeblasio.com/" target="_blank">Bill de Blasio announced his bid for mayor in January 2013.</a>
He has supported the paid sick leave bill,<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-de-blasio/humane-alternatives-for-h_b_821291.html" target="_blank"> banning horse-drawn carriages</a>, and has been fiercely <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/nyregion/19homeless.html" target="_blank">critical of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's homeless policies. </a>